Sumbya Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Sumbya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 138 | 1:383,635 | 27,683 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sumbya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumbya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sumbya is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumbya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,173,425th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sumbya reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 383,635. In Tanzania Sumbya is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 92 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumvya | 83 | 134 | / |
| Sumbia | 83 | 77 | / |
| Sombya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Sumbea | 83 | 2 | / |
| Soumbia | 77 | 16 | / |
| Shumwya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Seumbia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shimbya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ssimbya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shumbia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jjumbya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Djoumbya | 71 | 11 | / |
| Shoumbia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shombhya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sombia | 67 | 365 | / |
| Zumbia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Somwya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sunvya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jumbia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chumbia | 62 | 189 | / |
| Coumbia | 62 | 30 | / |
| Shumbio | 62 | 10 | / |
| Zoumbia | 62 | 10 | / |
| Shumbiâ | 62 | 4 | / |
| Zumbiha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Zeumbia | 62 | 1 | / |
| Somwaiya | 57 | 10 | / |
| Djeumbia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Djoumbia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Choumbiah | 53 | 1 | / |
| Zombia | 50 | 7 | / |
| Zumbeo | 50 | 4 | / |
| Sombio | 50 | 4 | / |
| Jumbio | 50 | 2 | / |
| Cumbio | 50 | 2 | / |
| Cunbia | 50 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sumbya
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